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the pit has become red-hot round the sides. Remove ashes and embers, place 
your bread at the bottom, cover the mouth with a stone or a deckchie cover, and 
keep the air out by putting clay round it. (2) Is made on the same principle 
but with stones or bricks above the ground and covered inside with clay, and 
outside with earth or mud. A kerosine tin makes quite a good camp oven. 
Camp , site for .—High ground and shade, proximity to water and absence 
of scrub and dense vegetation are the chief points to consider. The tent should 
be occasionally shifted, a change of flooring being desirable. Servants’ tents, 
kitchen and stables should be pitched to leeward if possible. 
Clothes, to dry .—Make a rough tent-shaped framework of branches, maintain 
a slow fire, of charcoal for choice, in the centre of the inclosure and arrange the 
clothes over the framework. 
Clothing .—Must be left to individual taste, but the following articles are re¬ 
commended for shooting in the Himalayas. Cardigan jacket or waistcoat, chamois 
leather vest, woollen gloves, ulster, water-proof coat (Aquascutum), Balaclava cap, 
leggings or putties, woollen socks, flannel belts for sleeping in, and the usual 
flannel underwear. For snipe shooting shorts coming fairly over the knee are 
infinitely more comfortable than knickerbockers or breeches of any style. 
Elephant, height to calculate, — Twice round an elephant’s foot gives his 
height within a fraction of an inch. Multiply the diameter by 6. Thus 
